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Details for Local and World Missions

Quick Info

  • Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
  • Unit code: MIS102
  • Credit points: 10
  • Total workload hours per week: 10
  • Number of timetabled hours per week: 3 *

* Note: Units with reduced contact hours (such as those taught in Intensive format) will have an increased assessment component.↩

Prerequisites

None

The unit Local and World Missions is part of the subject area Missiology and is offered as a part of the following Awards: Bachelor of Contemporary Ministry (Alphacrucis College (NSW Dept. of Education)).

Unit Content

Curriculum Objective

This unit aims at training future pastors and church leaders to lead Australasian churches with a world mission focus, in all of its biblical, historical, cultural and strategic dimensions.

Subject Content

  1. What is ‘mission’
  2. The local church and missions
  3. Two structures of God’s redemptive mission
  4. The local church’s role in missions
  5. Making your church ‘breathe’ mission
  6. Ethnic and student ministry
  7. Obtaining relevant mission sources
  8. Developing a local church mission philosophy and strategy
  9. The by-products of missions - Through other cultures: Better theology
  10. For other cultures: God’s blessing on missions

This course may be offered in the following formats

Lectures, guided reflection.

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis College.

Assessment Methods

Seminar Presentation (25%); Forum Postings (25%, 2500 words); Research Essay (50%, 2000 words)

Prescribed Text

Olson, Gordon, C. What in the world is God doing? Cedar Knolls, NJ: Global Gospel Publishers, 1998.

Representative References